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[Khairan]

I think you may be under estimating the power of a national identity. Try and take it away and it becomes stronger, and may snap back ie; nationalist

I don't think so. Remember that nationalism is an invention of mercantilist Europe. People didn't pledge alliegance to "countries" before, they were pledged to rulers. The King *was* the state. Nationalism was a brilliant invention because it lent permanency to a political entity, giving it power beyond the confines of a single human life or the rule of one family. However, just because we've lived with it for so long doesn't mean it's "natural."
Anyway, I suppose time will tell...